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Name _____________________________________________ Date _________________________
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Use the word below in a short descriptive paragraph
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WORD about a photograph.
of the Day
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vivid: (adj.) strikingly bright; brilliant; strong and clear
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Sentence Mender
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Rewrite the sentence to make it correct.
The Detroit tigers played a Double Header on labor day.
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Cursive Quote
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Copy the quotation in cursive writing.
Th¡o∞ße¡ w¢˙£o¢ l£o∞ße¡ d™re¡a£m¡i£n¡g¶ a™re¡ l£o∞ß™t¡.
—Australian proverb
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What is the meaning of this proverb? Write your answer in cursive on another sheet
of paper.
Analogy of the Day
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Complete the analogy.
Instrument is to trombone as __________________________ is to oak.
A. acorn B. trumpet C. oatmeal D. tree
Explain how the analogy works: _______________________________________________________
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5 Side B
Y Ready, Set, READ!
Read the passage.
Then answer the questions. 1. What does it mean that something
caught his eye?
How would you like to find a tree that
was new to science? Or better still, how __________________________________
would you like to discover a “dinosaur”
__________________________________
still living on earth? Well, both those
things happened to park ranger David __________________________________
Noble. They happened when he was out
hiking in the brush in a national park. __________________________________
This was in New South Wales, Australia. __________________________________
It was September 1994.
A bizarre looking tree with spiraling __________________________________
fernlike yellow-green leaves caught his
eye. He had seen nothing like it before. It 2. Why was discovering this tree like
had multiple trunks. Its bark looked like discovering a dinosaur?
it was covered in chocolate bubbles. The __________________________________
adventurous ranger had discovered a tree
that, before then, had been known only __________________________________
from 200-million-year-old fossil records.
__________________________________
But there it was— a wollemia nobilis!
And Noble was touching it! __________________________________
Today there are fewer than 100 of
these ancient trees alive in the wild. __________________________________
Thanks to the bush-walking ranger, they __________________________________
are now legally protected.
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3 BrainTeaser
3
Word Bank
Use the 12 words in the word bank
chews Stu shoes
to make a tongue twister. It is a choose should short
question that begins with If. shoes chews Stu
Write your idea below. Then try short he the
to say it three times in a row!
If ____________________________________________________________________________________
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Answers
Jumpstart 5
Word of the Day: Check students’ paragraphs for accurate usage of the term.
Sentence Mender: The Detroit Tigers played a doubleheader on Labor Day.
Cursive Quote: Check students’ handwriting for accuracy and legibility. Responses
will vary.
Analogy of the Day: D; (class-example relationship analogy) Check that students’ answers
are reasonable.
Ready, Set, Read! 1. It means that it got his attention. 2. Both were first known only by
their fossil records.
Brainteaser: Answers may vary; sample answer: If Stu chews short shoes, should Stu
choose the short shoes he chews?
Connections to the Common Core State Standards
As shown in the chart below, this activity will help you meet your specific state reading and
language arts standards as well as those outlined in the CCSS. These materials address the
following standards for students in grade 5. For details on these standards, visit the
CCSS Web site: www.corestandards.org/the-standards/.
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Reading:
Reading: Reading: Foundational
Literature Informational Text Skills Language
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